BUTTERFLY FISH


Meaning of BUTTERFLY FISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1740

1. : any of a family (Chaetodontidae) of small brilliantly colored bony fishes of tropical seas with a narrow deep body and scaled fins

2. : a small brown freshwater bony fish ( Pantodon buchholzi of the family Pantodontidae) of western Africa that has elongate winglike pectoral fins

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.